Sporting Digest: Golf

AUSTRIAN OPEN (Vienna) Leading second- round scores and qualifiers for final two rounds (GB or Irl unless stated): 134 E O'Connell 67 67; R Rafferty 65 69. 135 C Raulerson (US) 68 67; S Struver (Ger) 72 63; G Turner (NZ) 68 67. 136 P Curry 65 71; M Mackenzie 68 68; P Mitchell 67 69; R Boxall 68 68. 137 A Sorensen (Den) 70 67; J Taylor (Aus) 66 71; P-U Johansson (Swe) 70 67. 138 M Miller 71 67; P Mayo 68 70; J Bland (SA) 68 70; B Nelson (US) 68 70; D Gilford 71 67. 139 D Clarke 73 66; D Hospital (Sp) 66 73; J Robson 70 69; K Ableidinger (Aut) 69 70. 140 M Clayton (Aus) 67 73; D R Jones 72 68; B Barnes 72 68; * M Brier (Aut) 71 69; M Besanceney (Fr) 72 68; J Townsend (US) 69 71; S Bowman (US) 72 68; J Spence 64 76; P Broadhurst 67 73; J Payne 71 69. 141 P Talbot 71 70; D Williams 69 72; G Ralph 72 69; A Binaghi (It) 73 68; J Carriles (Sp) 74 67; B Malley (US) 69 72; G Brand Jnr 72 69; S Torrance 68 73; C Williams 71 70. 142 A Coltart 70 72; D A Russell 72 70; A Hare 71 71; S Thompson 74 68; D Ray 67 75; S Watson 73 69; R Alvarez (Arg) 70 72; E Aubrey (US) 69 73; M Poxon 69 73; G Cali (It) 72 70; M McLean 71 71. 143 * R Sailer (Aut) 71 72; M Baltl (Aut) 71 72; G Hjertstedt (Swe) 70 73; I Garbutt 71 72; F Lindgren (Swe) 75 68; T Charnley 69 74; J Hawkes (SA) 71 72. 144 A Bossert (Swit) 77 67; P Eales 70 74; G J Brand 71 73; J Rystrom (Swe) 74 70; Y Beamonte (Sp) 71 73; H Thul (Ger) 71 73; K Waters 72 72; S Bennett 75 69; R Lee 75 69; C McClellan (US) 73 71.* denotes amateurs.

BELFAST TELEGRAPH IRISH SENIOR MASTERS (Malone, Belfast) Leading first- round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 68 G Player (SA). 69 R Verwey (SA), R Whitehead. 70 B Waites, T Horton, R Botts (US), D Butler. 72 J M Roca (Sp), B Hunt, A Bickedike, D Hutchinson (SA), J Carr (US), P Butler. 73 P Gill. 74 P Ferrani (US), R Fidler, R Emery, J Fourie (SA), R Sota (Sp).

SUN-TIMES CHALLENGE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Naperville, Illinois) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 66 K Monaghan. 67 C Schreyer, M Mackall, B King, G Graham, A Finney, J Larsen. 68 P Wright (GB), N Scranton, M McNamara, D Eggeling, D Ammaccapane, A Ridgeway.

ACOM INTERNATIONAL MEN'S STABLEFORD TOURNAMENT (Ibaraki, Japan) Leading second-round scores (Japan unless stated): 1 H Sasaki 22pts; 2 H Sato 21; 3 S Kawamata 19; 4 T Hamilton (US) 18; 5 C Warren (Aus) 17; 6= S Higashi, N Yuhara, M Kimura, T Nakamura 16. GB: 12= P Hoad 13.